Czech police press more charges over bridge collapse

Czech police have pressed charges against more people in connection with the deaths of eight passengers when a bridge collapsed on the international high speed train they were travelling on in August 2008. The Czech News Agency said charges have been pressed against three people working for an engineering company and three for a building company. Both companies were working on the bridge in northern Moravia. Charges were also lodged against an employee of the regional highway directorate and an external worker for the engineering company. Until now only two employees of the engineering company have been charged with not taking action although they knew that the bridge was structurally dangerous.